sedative

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• /ˈsɛdətɪv/
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• rhymes with -ɪv
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Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling. By surface analysis, sedate + -ive.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: успокоителен (uspokoitelen) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Bulgarian: сънотворен (sǎnotvoren) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Catalan: sedant — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Czech: sedativní — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Dutch: kalmerend — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Finnish: rauhoittava — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Finnish: unettava — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Finnish: nukuttava — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• French: sédatif — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• German: beruhigend — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• German: sedativ — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Greek: ηρεμιστικός (iremistikós) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Italian: sedativo — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Norman: sédatif — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Polish: uspokajający — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Portuguese: sedativo — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Russian: успокои́тельный (uspokoítelʹnyj) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Russian: седати́вный (sedatívnyj) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Slovak: sedatívny — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Spanish: sedante — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Spanish: sedativo — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Swedish: lugnande — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Swedish: sövande — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Ukrainian: заспокі́йливий (zaspokíjlyvyj) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Ukrainian: седати́вний (sedatývnyj) — calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
• Arabic: مُهَدِّئ (muhaddiʔ) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Arabic: مُسَكِّن (musakkin) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Arabic: بنج (banj) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Catalan: sedant — an agent or drug that sedates
• Cebuano: igpahupay — an agent or drug that sedates
• Chinese Mandarin: 鎮靜藥 /镇静药 (zhènjìngyào) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Chinese Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 /镇静剂 (zhènjìngjì) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Czech: sedativum — an agent or drug that sedates
• Dutch: kalmeringsmiddel — an agent or drug that sedates
• Esperanto: sedativo — an agent or drug that sedates
• Esperanto: trankviligilo — an agent or drug that sedates
• Finnish: unilääke — an agent or drug that sedates
• Finnish: rauhoituslääke — an agent or drug that sedates
• Finnish: sedatiivi — an agent or drug that sedates
• Finnish: rauhoite — an agent or drug that sedates
• French: sédatif — an agent or drug that sedates
• German: Beruhigungsmittel — an agent or drug that sedates
• Greek: ηρεμιστικό (iremistikó) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Greek: καταπραϋντικό (katapraÿntikó) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Hungarian: nyugtatószer — an agent or drug that sedates
• Indonesian: obat penenang — an agent or drug that sedates
• Italian: sedativo — an agent or drug that sedates
• Japanese: 鎮静剤 (chinsei-zai) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Kazakh: тыныштандыратын дәрі-дәрмек (tynyştandyratyn därı-därmek) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Korean: 진정제 (jinjeongje) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Norman: sédatif — an agent or drug that sedates
• Plautdietsch: Schlopmeddel — an agent or drug that sedates
• Polish: środek uspokajający — an agent or drug that sedates
• Portuguese: sedativo — an agent or drug that sedates
• Russian: успокои́тельное (uspokoítelʹnoje) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Russian: седати́вное сре́дство (sedatívnoje srédstvo) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Slovak: sedatívum — an agent or drug that sedates
• Spanish: sedante — an agent or drug that sedates
• Spanish: sedativo — an agent or drug that sedates
• Swedish: lugnande medel — an agent or drug that sedates
• Swedish: sömnmedel — an agent or drug that sedates
• Ukrainian: заспокійливий засіб (zaspokijlyvyj zasib) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Ukrainian: заспокійливе (zaspokijlyve) — an agent or drug that sedates
• Vietnamese: làm dịu — an agent or drug that sedates
• Welsh: tawelydd — an agent or drug that sedates